Sand toy



Dec, 9, 1924. 1,518,144

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Patented Das. 9, 1924.. l1,518,144

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ULYSSES S. HUGGINS, F PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SAND TOY.

Application filed November 21, 1922. Serial No. 602,434.

To c/.ZZ whom t may concern.' the top of these legs is provided a pivot11 Be it known that I, ULYssns S. HUcGiNs, which supports the body 12 ofthe man and a citizen of the United States, residing at leaves it freeto swing forward between the Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny andlegs. Below the pivot 11 is a pin 13 which 55 State of Pennsylvania,have invented cerextends between the legs and which is tain new anduseful Improvements in Sand adapted to engage the body at the recessToys, of which the following is a speciica- 14 so as to hold the bodyinthe upright tion. position shown in Figure 1. The arms 15 The object ofthis invention is to provide of the man are pivoted to the body on the10 a new kind of a toy. pin 16 which extends through the body andAnother object if the invention is to prothe arms are connected to thelegs by the vide a toy in which the figure of a man wire links 17, 18,one of which is provided will be operated automatically from an uponeach side of the body. These links are right to bending position by theweight of fastened to the legs back of and above the 15 sand owingintermittently from a hopper holes for the pivot 11. They are fastenedinto a hod and will be restored to an upto the arms a short distance infront of the right position upon the dumping of the pivot pin 16 and theeffect of the links is to hod. normally hold the arms in an upward posi-This and other objects of the invention tion and cause the arms to swingdown as 20 will be illustrated in the drawings, described the body istilted to the position shown in in the specification and pointed out inthe Figure 2.

claims at the end thereof. Between the hands 2O of the man is pro- Inthe drawings,- vided a hod v21 having the bail 22 rigidly IFigure 1 is aside elevation of the toy fastened thereto. When in the upright with thefigure of the man in an upright position this bail engages the extension23 position with the hopper, valve, hod and on the valve 8 and swings it.to the posibase shown in section. tion shown in Figure 1. This uncoversthe Figure 2 is a side elevation showing the bottom of the spout andpermits the sand ligure of the man in the bent position with to flowinto the hod. When enough sand so one of the uprights' partly brokenaway has accumulated to weight the body down and the valve shown insection. at the top, the body and arms swing to the Figure 3 is a frontelevation of the figure position shown in Figure 2.

of a man with the hod and spout included It will be understood that thebody is in the figure. f so shaped that the part represented by the 35In the drawings, like reference numerals coat-tail 24 and below thepivot 11, weighs indicate like parts. more than the part of the bodyabove it,

In the drawings, reference numeral 1 inand this weight is suicient toreturn the dicates the base and 2 indicates a circular body from theposition shown in Figure 2 flange preferably of tin or other suitableafter the sand is dumped from the hod and material which with the baseforms a pan or hold it normally in the position shown in tank forcatching the sand. Within the pan Figure 1. For this purpose a block oflead are fastened two uprights 3 and 4 which at is fastened into thecoat-tail at the bottom as the top support the hopper 5. On thebotindicated at 25. tom of this hopper is provided a tapered Theoperation of the toy is as follows: spout 6 having a pin 7 therethroughfrom With the parts in the position shown in which swings the valve 8.This valve is Figure 1, sand is poured into the hopper 5 normally in theposition `shown in Figure 2 and iows through the spout 6 into the h odand stops the flow of sand from the spout 21. When the hod has becomelled with of the hopper. The base has an extension suihcient weight ofsand it causes the figure 50 to one side as indicated at 9 on which isto tilt to the position shown 1n Figure 2 rigidly fastened the legs 10of a man. At whereupon the sand flows out of the hod into the pan formedon the base. As soon as the .ligure is relieved from the weight of thesand the excess weight of the tail will cause the figure to again swingto the upright position. lll/Thilo the ligure is in course of swingingdown and up the valve S swings to the position shown in Figure and stopsthe flow of sand so that no sand flows except when the hod is under thespout.

I claim:

l. In a sand mill, the combination of a hopper', a spout in the bottomthereof, a valvelnormally swung under said spout to shut ofi: the flowof sand, a base, a ligure of a man below said hopper said figure havinglegs rieidly supported on said base, forming a standard thereon, a bodyforming a lever pivoted on said legs arms pivoted on said body andadapted to swing thereon, links connecting said v swinging arms and saidstationary legs for normally holding said arms up in a predeterminedposition and causing the arms to swing relative to the body as the bodyswings forward on the stationary legs.

2. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figure ofa man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coattail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs belowsaid body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tail toover-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with thelegs.

, 3. In a sand mill, the combination yof a base, the legs of the figureof a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, acoat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legsbelow said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tailto over-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with thelegs, arms pivoted on saidbody, links between said legs and said armsfor normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relativeto the body as the body swings forward on the legs.

el. In a. sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figureof a man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, acoat tail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legsbelow said body forming a stop between said legs, a weight insaid tailto Iover-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with thelegs, arms pivoted on said body, links between said legs and said armsfor normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relativeto the body as the ybody swings forward on the legs, a hod supported bysaid arms in an upright position.

5. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the, ligure ofa man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, coattail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs belowsaid body forming a stop between said legs` a weight in said tail toovci-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with thelegs, arms pivoted ou said body, links between said legs and said armsfor normally holding the arms up and causingr the arms to swing relativeto the body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hod supported bysaid arms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod, a spoutthereon discharging a load into the hod, the weight yof said loadover-balancing the coat tail of the body and causing said body and armste tilt and dump the liod.

6. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the figure ofa man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coattail. on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs belowsaid body forming a stop between said leg? a weight in said tail toover-balance and hold the body against said pin and in line with thelegs, arms pivoted ou said body, links between said legs and said armsfor normally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relativeto the body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hod supported bysaid arms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod, a spout thereon discharging a load into the hod, the weight of said loadover-balancing the coat tail of the body and causing said body and armsto tilt and dump the hod, a valve under the spout to close the spoutwhen the body and hod are tilting.

7. In a sand mill, the combination of a base, the legs of the ligure ofa man rigidly supported on the base, a body pivoted on said legs, a coattail on said body projecting down and out, a pin between the legs belowsaid body forming a stop between said legs, a weight in said tail toover-balance and hold the bodyagainst the pin and in liuc with the legs,arms pivoted on said body, links between said legs and said arms fornormally holding the arms up and causing the arms to swing relative tothe body as the body swings forward on the legs, a hed supported by saidarms in an upright position, a hopper above said hod` a spout thereondischarging a load into the hod, the weight of said load over-balancingthe coat tail of the body and causing said body and arms to tilt anddump the hod, a valve under the spout to close the spout when the bodyand hod are tilting, means for moving said valve away from the spoutwhen the hod is in position under the spout.

8. In a sandmill, the combination of a hopper, a spout at the bottom ofsaid hopper, a valve normally closing said spout, a figure comprising apair of stationary uprights, a lever mounted to swing between saiduprights, an arm mounted to Swing on said lever and forming an extensiontllelefo, a lnl; connecting said afm with Said Stationary uprghts, saidlink operating to Swing said :mn eamed by -Sacl lever and shorten o1'lengthen the extension formed by it for said level, a hod Carried on theend. of Said arm, S21-irl lood being adapted to swlng Wlth. salol armand open salcl Valve ture.

ULYS SES S. HUGGINS.

